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The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison
ProPublica
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The information in this database covers 238 of the Venezuelan men who were sent to CECOT, a maximum-security prison in El Salvador, on March 15, and whose names were first published by CBS News. The men were released last week and returned to...
Trump media’s $2 billion Bitcoin investment fuels crypto and political controversy
Weekly Blitz
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July 23, 2025
Trump media’s $2 billion Bitcoin investment fuels crypto and political controversy In a landmark move that has ignited both financial markets and political debate, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) – the company behind the conservative social...
El Salvador Projects Lowest Homicide Rate in Its History — Crime No Longer a Structural Phenomenon.
El Salvador in English
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July 8, 2025
El Salvador is on the verge of achieving one of the most impressive public safety milestones in recent global history: a projected homicide rate of less than 1 per 100,000 inhabitants by the end of 2025, following a decade of determined and...
El Salvador kneecapped Trump's claim over deported migrants: 'Not been honest'
Raw Story
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July 8, 2025
President Donald Trump's administration controls the fate of migrants it has deported to other countries like El Salvador, officials claimed in a court filing on Monday. The claims contradict the Trump administration's position that it has no...
US deportee, freed from Salvadoran prison, describes ‘horror movie’
The Guam Daily Post
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Julio González Jr. agreed to be deported to Venezuela. When the 36-year-old office cleaner and house painter boarded a flight in Texas in March, he assumed it would take him back to his home country. Instead, the plane landed in El Salvador. “The...
El Salvador’s environmentalists lament reversal on mining ban, as companies circle
Dialogo Chino
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July 7, 2025
In December 2024, El Salvador’s congress reversed an historic ruling on metal mining to reauthorise the activity in the country, seven years after it became the first nation in the world to explicitly ban it. Gold mining has a particularly long...
El Salvador Arrests Bitcoin Developer Over Neighbour Altercation
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN- The Arabian Post) Bitcoin Core developer Jon Atack was briefly arrested in El Salvador this weekend after his neighbour lodged a complaint stemming from a heated dispute over property boundaries. Police detained Atack under a statute...
Canadian Citizen Refutes Travel Alert About El Salvador.
El Salvador in English
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July 12, 2025
spoken out in strong support of El Salvador’s security, calling the country one of the safest places he’s lived. After nearly five years residing in the Central American nation and working closely with underserved communities, Murphy took to...
Media Watch fails to investigate claims ABC covered up presenter’s fence feud
Sky News Australia
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July 18, 2025
A woman who became embroiled in a neighbourhood feud with Myf Warhurst has taken aim at Media Watch after it ignored calls to investigate the ABC's alleged cover-up of the TV presenter's involvement in the confrontation. The incident occurred in...
Belgium Gets a Taste of El Salvador’s Coffee, Rum, and Traditions.
El Salvador in English
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July 11, 2025
El Salvador made a vibrant appearance at the third edition of the “Sound Odyssey” Festival, recently held in Brussels, Belgium, as part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen international ties and promote its cultural identity abroad. Organized as...
U.S. deportee, freed from Salvadoran prison, describes ‘horror movie’
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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By Teo Armus, Samantha Schmidt and Arelis R. Hernández Washington Post Julio González Jr. had agreed to be deported to Venezuela. When the 36-year-old office cleaner and house painter boarded the flight in Texas in March, he assumed it would take...
EXCLUSIVE: Trump fans say brothers' El Salvador deportation 'not right'
Raw Story
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July 11, 2025
When Jose and Josue Trejo Lopez landed in El Salvador after their deportation flight in May, they had no idea who would meet them or where they would live. The brothers, 20 and 19, respectively, said they know no one in the country they left as...
Salvadoran Lawyers Fight for Rights of Trump-Deported Migrants in Secretive Prison
Tico Times
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July 16, 2025
A small group of overstretched and outmatched lawyers is fighting for the rights of men deported by the Trump administration and held in a notorious Salvadoran prison — a David vs. Goliath battle that may end up in international courts. In a...
HRC59: Amidst ongoing state of emergency, El Salvador must review legality of mass detentions
International Service for Human Rights
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July 10, 2025
On 30 June, Leonor Arteaga, representative of Fundacion Para el Debido Proceso (DPLF), delivered a joint statement with ISHR for the adoption of El Salvador’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Arteaga urged the Salvadoran government to establish an...
El Salvador Releases Video from Kilmar Abrego Garcia Prison Cell amid Silence from Senator Van Hollen
The Star News Network
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July 5, 2025
President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador on Thursday released video footage purportedly showing the cell where Kilmar Abrego Garcia was detained at the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison complex, which the foreign leader says...
El Salvador’s Bukele denies Abrego Garcia mistreatment in prison
Washington Examiner
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July 4, 2025
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele denied Kilmar Ábrego García’s allegations that he was beaten and tortured after being mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison.In March, Ábrego García was wrongly deported to the Centro de Confinamiento del...
How has 'world's coolest dictator' Nayib Bukele consolidated power?
The Economic Times
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August 1, 2025
El Salvador has abruptly changed its constitution to remove term limits, paving the way for self-styled "world's coolest dictator," Nayib Bukele, to run for an unprecedented third term. So how did the 44-year-old leader secure such sweeping...
El Salvador Sentences Ex-Military Chiefs for 1982 Murder of Dutch Journalists
Tico Times
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July 4, 2025
A court in El Salvador sentenced three former military chiefs to 60 years in prison on Thursday for the murder of four Dutch journalists 43 years ago during the country’s civil war (1980–1992). On June 3, the Court of First Instance of Dulce...
El Salvador president denies Kilmar Abrego Garcia's claims of abuse in prison
CBS News
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The president of El Salvador is refuting allegations made by Kilmar Abrego Garcia - the man whose mistaken deportation by the Trump administration has fueled a monthslong legal saga – in which he said he was beaten and subject to psychological...
Democrats Move to Sanction El Salvador For ‘Gross Violations’ of Human Rights — President Bukele Laughs in Their Face
The Gateway Pundit
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July 10, 2025
Nayib Bukele El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele is clearly not cowed by the Democratic Party blowhards in the Senate. Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) recently introduced legislation aimed at sanctioning Bukele and top...